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2006 With Michael O’Brien as leader

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3 Great Tinamou 2 1 H Tinamus major
1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 15 B Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
1 Blue-winged Teal 1 12 B Anas discors
2 Plain Chachalaca 1 1 H B Ortalis vetula
3 Crested Guan 2 6 Penelope purpurascens
3 Great Curassow 5 4 Crax rubra
3 Ocellated Turkey 7 50 Meleagris ocellata
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
3 Anhinga 1 5 Anhinga anhinga
3 Magnificent Frigatebird 1 3 B Fregata magnificens
1 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
3 Great Blue Heron 2 2 Ardea herodias
3 Great Egret 6 5 Ardea alba
3 Snowy Egret 2 2 Egretta thula
3 Little Blue Heron 4 2 Egretta caerulea
3 Tricolored Heron 1 1 B Egretta tricolor
3 Cattle Egret 4 40 Bubulcus ibis
3 Green Heron 2 5 B Butorides virescens
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 6 Nyctanassa violacea
1 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
3 White Ibis 1 3 B Eudocimus albus
1 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
1 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
1 Wood Stork 1 2 B Mycteria americana
3 Black Vulture 6 15 Coragyps atratus
3 Turkey Vulture 5 10 Cathartes aura
2 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 1 8 B Cathartes burrovianus
3 King Vulture 2 3 Sarcoramphus papa
2 Osprey 1 1 B Pandion haliaetus
3 White-tailed Kite 1 2 Elanus leucurus
1 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
2 Double-toothed Kite 1 1 Harpagus bidentatus
3 White Hawk 1 3 Leucopternis albicollis
3 Gray Hawk 3 2 Asturina nitida
3 Common Black-Hawk 1 2 B Buteogallus anthracinus
2 Great Black-Hawk 2 1 Buteogallus urubitinga
3 Roadside Hawk 3 5 Buteo magnirostris
2 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
3 Short-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo brachyurus
2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo jamaicensis
1 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Spizastur melanoleucus
2 Black Hawk-Eagle 1 1 H Spizaetus tyrannus
3 Ornate Hawk-Eagle 2 1 H Spizaetus ornatus
3 Barred Forest-Falcon 1 1 H Micrastur ruficollis
2 Collared Forest-Falcon 3 1 Micrastur semitorquatus
2 Laughing Falcon 2 2 Herpetotheres cachinnans
3 American Kestrel 3 1 Falco sparverius
3 Bat Falcon 4 2 Falco rufigularis
2 Ruddy Crake 1 1 H B Laterallus ruber
1 Sungrebe 1 1 Heliornis fulica
1 Limpkin 1 2 Aramus guarauna
3 Killdeer 4 10 Charadrius vociferus
1 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 B Tringa flavipes�
1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa solitaria
1 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
1 Laughing Gull 1 20 B Larus atricilla
1 Rock Pigeon Columbia livia
2 Pale-vented Pigeon 1 5 Columba cayennensis
2 Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa
3 Red-billed Pigeon 1 1 Columba flavirostris
3 Short-billed Pigeon 4 4 Columba nigrirostris
3 Ruddy Ground-Dove 3 10 Columbina talpacoti
2 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
3 Gray-fronted [Gray-headed] Dove 2 2 Leptotila rufaxilla [plumbeiceps]
3 Ruddy Quail-Dove 1 1 H Geotrygon montana
3 Olive-throated [Aztec] Parakeet 4 30 Aratinga nana [astec]
3 Brown-hooded Parrot 2 2 Pionopsitta haematotis
2 White-crowned Parrot 2 2 Pionus senilis
3 White-fronted Parrot 1 10 B Amazona albifrons
3 Red-lored Parrot 6 15 Amazona autumnalis
3 Mealy Parrot 7 6 Amazona farinosa
3 Squirrel Cuckoo 3 2 Piaya cayana
3 Groove-billed Ani 2 6 Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
1 Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
1 Mottled Owl 1 1 H Ciccaba virgata
3 Common Pauraque 1 12 Nyctidromus albicollis
3 Yucatan Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus badius
3 Northern Potoo 1 1 Nyctibius jamaicensis
3 Vaux's Swift 2 40 Chaetura vauxi
3 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 6 2 Panyptila cayennensis
3 Long-billed Hermit 5 1 Phaethornis longirostris
3 Stripe-throated (Little) Hermit 4 2 Phaethornis striigularis
3 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 6 3 Phaeochroa cuvierii
2 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 2 1 Campylopterus curvipennis
1 Green-breasted Mango 1 1 B Anthracothorax prevostii
1 Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii
2 White-bellied Emerald 2 2 Amazilia candida
3 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 7 5 Amazilia tzacatl
3 Cinnamon Hummingbird 1 2 B Amazilia rutila
3 Purple-crowned Fairy 7 15 Heliothryx barroti
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 1 B Archilochus colubris
3 Black-headed Trogon 2 2 Trogon melanocephalus
3 Violaceous Trogon 2 2 Trogon violaceus
1 Collared Trogon 1 1 Trogon collaris
3 Slaty-tailed Trogon 4 4 Trogon massena
3 Tody Motmot 2 1 Hylomanes momotula
3 Blue-crowned Motmot 4 3 Momotus momota
3 Ringed Kingfisher 1 2 Ceryle torquata
3 Belted Kingfisher 2 2 Ceryle alcyon
2 Green Kingfisher 2 1 Chloroceryle americana
3 White-necked Puffbird 1 1 Notharchus macrorhynchos
3 White-whiskered Puffbird 2 2 Malacoptila panamensis
3 Rufous-tailed Jacamar 3 2 Galbula ruficauda
2 Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
3 Collared Aracari 5 8 Pteroglossus torquatus
3 Keel-billed Toucan 4 6 Ramphastos sulfuratus
3 Black-cheeked Woodpecker 5 4 Melanerpes pucherani
3 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 2 B Melanerpes aurifrons
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
2 Smoky-brown Woodpecker 1 1 Veniliornis fumigatus
3 Golden-olive Woodpecker 1 1 H Piculus rubiginosus
3 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker 3 1 Celeus castaneus
3 Lineated Woodpecker 4 2 Dryocopus lineatus
3 Pale-billed Woodpecker 5 3 Campephilus guatemalensis
1 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
3 Plain Xenops 5 3 Xenops minutus
3 Scaly-throated Leaftosser 1 1 Sclerurus guatemalensis
2 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
3 Ruddy Woodcreeper 2 1 Dendrocincla homochroa
3 Olivaceous Woodcreeper 3 2 Sittasomus griseicapillus
3 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 3 1 Glyphorynchus spirurus
2 Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
3 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper 1 3 Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
3 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 3 2 Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
1 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
3 Plain Antvireo 2 4 Dysithamnus mentalis
3 Dot-winged Antwren 4 8 Microrhopias quixensis
2 Dusky Antbird 1 1 H Cercomacra tyrannina
3 Black-faced [Mexican] Antthrush 3 2 Formicarius analis [moniliger]
3 Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet 2 1 Ornithion semiflavum
1 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
2 Greenish Elaenia 3 3 Myiopagis viridicata
3 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 1 1 Elaenia flavogaster
3 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 6 3 Mionectes oleagineus
2 Sepia-capped Flycatcher 1 1 Leptopogon amaurocephalus
2 Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
1 Common Tody-Flycatcher 1 2 H B Todirostrum cinereum
3 Eye-ringed Flatbill 3 4 Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
3 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 2 1 Tolmomyias sulphurescens
3 Stub-tailed Spadebill 4 3 Platyrinchus cancrominus
3 Royal Flycatcher 2 1 Onychorhynchus coronatus
2 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher 1 1 Terenotriccus erythrurus
3 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher 4 3 Myiobius sulphureipygius
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
3 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 2 Empidonax flaviventris
3 Least Flycatcher 3 1 Empidonax minimus
3 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 1 B Pyrocephalus rubinus
3 Bright-rumped Attila 1 1 Attila spadiceus
2 Rufous Mourner 1 1 Rhytipterna holerythra
1 Yucatan Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus yucatanensis
3 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 3 2 Myiarchus tuberculifer
3 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 2 Myiarchus crinitus
1 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
3 Great Kiskadee 1 4 B Pitangus sulphuratus
1 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
3 Social Flycatcher 7 20 Myiozetetes similis
3 Tropical Kingbird 5 15 Tyrannus melancholicus
3 Couch's Kingbird 2 2 Tyrannus couchii
3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 1 Tyrannus forficatus
3 Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 8 Tyrannus savana
2 Thrush-like Schiffornis 4 2 Schiffornis turdinus
2 Rufous Piha 1 1 H Lipaugus unirufus
2 Cinnamon Becard 1 1 Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
1 Gray-collared Becard 1 1 Pachyramphus major
1 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
3 Masked Tityra 5 2 Tityra semifasciata
2 Black-crowned Tityra 1 1 Tityra inquisitor
2 Lovely Cotinga 1 1 Cotinga amabilis
3 White-collared Manakin 5 2 Manacus candei
3 Red-capped Manakin 6 7 Pipra mentalis
3 White-eyed Vireo 3 3 Vireo griseus
3 Mangrove Vireo 3 1 Vireo pallens
3 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 1 Vireo flavifrons
3 Tawny-crowned Greenlet 5 6 Hylophilus ochraceiceps
3 Lesser Greenlet 4 15 Hylophilus decurtatus
1 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
3 Brown Jay 3 8 Cyanocorax morio
1 Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
3 Mangrove Swallow 3 25 Tachycineta albilinea
3 N Rough-winged Swallow 4 15 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3 Barn Swallow 1 50 Hirundo rustica
3 Spot-breasted Wren 5 2 Thryothorus maculipectus
1 Carolina [White-browed] Wren Thryothorus [ludovicianus] albinuc
3 [Southern] House Wren 1 1 Troglodytes aedon [musculus]
2 White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
3 White-breasted Wood-Wren 4 6 Henicorhina leucosticta
2 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila caerulea
1 Tropical Gnatcatcher 1 2 Polioptila plumbea
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
3 Wood Thrush 7 10 Hylocichla mustelina
2 Clay-colored Robin 3 1 Turdus grayi
2 White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis
3 Gray Catbird 5 8 Dumetella carolinensis
3 Tropical Mockingbird 1 15 B Mimus gilvus
2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 2 Vermivora pinus
1 Tennessee Warbler 1 1 B Vermivora peregrina
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
3 Yellow Warbler 2 2 Dendroica petechia
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 2 Dendroica pensylvanica
3 Magnolia Warbler 6 10 Dendroica magnolia
1 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
3 Yel-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 2 3 Dendroica coronata coronata
3 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 4 Dendroica virens
3 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 1 Dendroica dominica
3 Black-and-white Warbler 7 5 Mniotilta varia
3 American Redstart 5 4 Setophaga ruticilla
3 Worm-eating Warbler 2 1 Helmitheros vermivorus
3 Ovenbird 2 2 Seiurus aurocapillus
3 Northern Waterthrush 6 1 Seiurus noveboracensis
3 Louisiana Waterthrush 6 4 Seiurus motacilla
3 Kentucky Warbler 6 3 Oporornis formosus
3 Common Yellowthroat 2 2 Geothlypis trichas
3 Hooded Warbler 7 4 Wilsonia citrina
3 Golden-crowned Warbler 2 2 Basileuterus culicivorus
1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 B Icteria virens
3 Gray-throated Chat 2 3 Granatellus sallaei
3 Gray-headed Tanager 1 2 Eucometis penicillata
3 Black-throated Shrike-Tanager 4 4 Lanio aurantius
3 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 4 4 Habia rubica
3 Red-throated Ant-Tanager 4 5 Habia fuscicauda
3 Summer Tanager 4 2 Piranga rubra
2 Blue-gray Tanager 1 2 Thraupis episcopus
3 Yellow-winged Tanager 4 5 Thraupis abbas
3 Green Honeycreeper 2 3 Chlorophanes spiza
2 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
3 White-collared Seedeater 7 50 Sporophila torqueola
2 Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
1 Grayish Saltator 1 1 Saltator coerulescens
1 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
3 Black-headed Saltator 1 3 Saltator atriceps
1 Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
3 Blue-black Grosbeak 1 1 H Cyanocompsa cyanoides
1 Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
1 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 1 B Sturnella magna
3 Melodious Blackbird 7 3 Dives dives
3 Great-tailed Grackle 4 70 Quiscalus mexicanus
2 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
3 Giant Cowbird 1 3 Molothrus oryzivora
3 Black-cowled Oriole 4 3 Icterus prosthemelas
3 Orchard Oriole 3 3 Icterus spurius
3 Hooded Oriole 1 3 B Icterus cucullatus
3 Baltimore Oriole 5 7 Icterus galbula
1 Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
3 Montezuma Oropendola 7 60 Psarocolius montezuma
2 Scrub Euphonia 4 2 Euphonia affinis
3 Yellow-throated Euphonia 7 15 Euphonia hirundinacea
3 Olive-backed Euphonia 7 20 Euphonia gouldi

Mammals

1 Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis
2 Central American Wooly Opossum X Caluromys derbianus
1 Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus
1 Greater White-lined Bat X Saccopteryx bilineata
3 Yucatan Black Howler X Alouatta pigra
3 Central American Spider Monkey X Ateles geoffroyi
3 Deppe's Squirrel X Sciurus deppei
2 Central American Agouti X Dasyprocta punctata
1 Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
2 Gray Fox X Urocyon cinereoargenteus
2 Kinkajou Potos flavus
1 White-nosed Coati X Nasua narica
2 Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu
1 White-lipped Peccary Dicotyles pecari
1 Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii
3 Red Brocket Deer X Mazama americana
3 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus

Amphibians and Reptiles

3 Gulf Coast Toad X Bufo valliceps
2 Morelet's Crocodile X Crocodylus moreletii
1 Red-eared (Yucutan)Slider Trachemys scripta venusta
3 Brown Basilisk X Basiliscus vittatus
1 Bighead Anole X Norops capito
1 Ghost Anole X Norops lemurinus
1 Rainbow Ameiva X Ameiva undulata
1 Central American Mabuya Mabuya unimarginata
2 House Gecko X Hemidactylus frenatus
1 Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor
1 Redback Coffee Snake Ninia sebae

Reptiles

1 Green Iguana X Iguana iguana

PAPILIONIDAE (SWALLOWTAILS)

1 Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas polydamas

Butterflies

1 Dark Kite-Swallowtail Protographium philolaus
1 Sesostris Cattleheart Parides sesostris zestos
1 White Angled-Sulphur Anteos clorinde
1 Yellow Angled-Sulphur Anteos maerula
1 Tiger-eye Hairstreak Rekoa meton
1 Gynaea Metalmark Charis gynaea zama
1 Cream-tipped Metalmark Emesis lucinda aurimna
2 Molpe Metalmark Juditha molpe
1 Juno Silverspot Dione juno huascuma
1 Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais
1 Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia
1 Theona Checkerspot Thessalia theona
1 Zebra Beauty Colobura dirce
1 Blomfild's Beauty Smyrna blomfildia datis
1 Red Cracker Hamadryas amphinome mexicana
1 Spot-celled Sister Adelpha basiloides
3 Banded Peacock X Anartia fatima
1 Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva
1 Two-spotted Prepona Archaeoprepona demophon gulina
1 Oenomais Leafwing Memphis oenomais
3 Peleides Blue Morpho X Morpho peleides montezuma
1 Double-eyed Giant-Owl Eryphanis aesacus aesacus
1 Cassia Owl Opsiphanes cassina fabricii
3 Memnon Giant-Owl X Caligo memnon memnon
2 Two-banded Satyr Pareuptychia ocirrhoe
1 Tropical Chekered-Skipper Pyrus oileus oileus
1 Mimosa Skipper Cogia calchas

True Butterflies (Papilionidae)

2 Florida (Tropical) White Appias drusilla drusilla
2 Viardi White X Pieriballia viardi laogore
2 Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea philea
1 Little Yellow Eurema lisa lisa
1 Mimosa Yellow Eurema nise nelphe
2 Monarch Danaus plexippus plexippus
2 Queen Danaus gilippus thersippus
1 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae incarnata
3 Julia X Dryas iulia moderata
2 Isabella's Heliconian Eueides isabella eva
3 Zebra Heliconian X Charithonia vazquezae
2 Erato Heliconian Heliconius erato petiverana
1 Large Tiger Heliconian Heliconius ismenius telchinia
2 Orion Historis odius odius
1 Dashwing Beauty Historis acheronta acheronta
1 Little Banner X Nica flavilla canthara
1 Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa ferentina
2 Variable Cracker Hamadryas feronia farinulenta
2 Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron marius
1 Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima modesta
2 Brilliant Purplewing Eucina alcmena alcmena
1 Malachite Siproeta stelenes biplagiata
2 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae luteipicta
2 One-spotted Prepona X Archaeoprepona demophon cenralis
2 Gold-edged Giant-Owl X Caligo uranus
1 One-banded Satyr Pareuptychia metaluca
3 Carolina Satyr X Hermeuptychia hermes

Pieridae (Sulphurs)

2 Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante argante
1 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae marcellina

NYMPHALIDAE - Heliconiinae (HELICONIANS)

1 Banded Orange Heliconian Dryadula phaetusa

HESPERIDAE - Pyrginae (SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS)

1 Mercurial Skipper Proteides mercurius mercurius
1 Variegated Skipper Gorgythion begga pyralina

Skippers (Hesperioidea)

1 Potrillo Skipper Cabares potrillo potrillo

Spiders

2 Red-backed Tarantula X Euathlus vagans